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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | George Egerton | Isaac Butt
(who undertook the legal defence of members of the Young Ireland
movement and was instrumental in establishing Ireland's Home Rule League
) employed Dunne (whom he called a walking encyclopaedia of useless knowledge... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | Some sources claim that before marriage she
was caught in a compromising situation with the married Isaac Butt
of the Young Ireland
movement. Though she spoke highly of him and had a distinct flair for... |
Friends, Associates | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | Jane Francesca Wilde
developed a close friendship with Sir William Rowan Hamilton
, whom she first met at a dinner party held in April 1855. The Wildes' social circle included notable figures from science, politics... |
Other Life Event | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | The trial was of national interest and was reported by Irish and English newspapers. The Wildes' friend Isaac Butt
worked as counsel for Travers. Ultimately the jury upheld the libel charge but awarded damages of... |
Reception | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | At JFLW
's December 1864 libel trial, prosecution lawyer Isaac Butt
read passages from the book during his cross-examination, hoping to prove the immorality of both the book and its translator. Melville, Joy. Mother of Oscar. John Murray, 1999. 112 |
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